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Drought resilience in an uncertain Victorian harvest

Building drought resilience - aligning with emergency-management principles

Drought model: a deeper explanation of alignment (part 2)

Climate Change Earth - Australasia

Drought model: a deeper explanation (part 1)

May15
  • Ag Industry Event

Mildura Field Days

The Vic Hub's North-West Irrigated Horticulture Node – Mallee Regional Innovation Centre – will be attending the Mildura Field Days. More information to come.  
May19
  • Ag Industry Event

Building drought resilience on your farm: Practical actions for water, soil and biodiversity (Casterton)

May19
  • Ag Industry Event

Building drought resilience on your farm: Practical actions for water, soil and biodiversity (Hamilton)

Media Releases
  • Soil
  • 3 minute read

Media Release: Students explore soil careers with GV schools

    Dr Anna Kosovac Over 500 years ago Leonardo da Vinci observed: “We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.” This reflection, shared by Dr Peter Fisher –...
  • Drought resilienceResearch trials
  • 3 minute read

Media Release: Vic Hub horticulture project 1 of 5 awarded in national Long-term Trials program

Caption: Through extensive research, the Vic Hub project will develop guidelines and tools to help Australia’s $16.3b horticulture industry better manage drought conditions. Image credit: AgVic       A project to establish tree-survival signatures...
  • Drought resilience
  • 2 minute read

Media Release: MP Michaela Settle talks resilience at Drought Resilience 2025

L-R: Prof Rebecca Lester, Vic Hub Knowledge-Broker Lead; Deb Turner, Assistant Director, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF); Katrina Baxendell, Director, Research and Adoption Strategy and Hub Management, Future Drought Fund, DAFF; Nick Frederick,...
News Articles
greening dams project

Greening dams: practical water solutions for drought resilience

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RIC Drought Hardship Loan now available

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Horticulture research supports drought-ready decision-making

North-East Update – March 2026

Additional drought support available for south-west Victoria

State-wide drought support available for Victorian farmers

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